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Polly Davis did something she
thought she never would do. Marry a soldier. A Green Beret even.
Polly started out as a military wife with a BS Degree from the
University of Georgia and over the next thirty years raised two
children, numerous dogs and cats, attained a Masters and a
Doctorate. All while tramping the world with her soldier husband.
Often alone in strange and uncertain circumstances, she not only
rose to the occasion, she excelled in everything she ever did. She
has taught at every level from pre-school to college, served as the
head of the English Department and Director of Research and Planning
for Fayetteville Technical Community College, and served in numerous
leadership positions within the various communities in which she has
lived.
You are invited to march along with her
through these pages as she travels the world often standing alone
with her children waving good-by to her husband as he flies off to
combat zones and on numerous classified and unclassified missions.
Always the trooper regardless of the challenges she faces.
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Thomas (Tom) Hoyt Davis, III (AKA
The Squid), holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of
Georgia and a master’s degree from the University of Southern
California. Tom entered the Army as a private and retired as a
full colonel. He spent 20 of his 30+ years in the Army serving
with Special Forces (Green Berets) on four continents and in ten
foreign countries. He has worn a Green Beret at every rank from 2LT
to Colonel and commanded at every level from Special Forces A Teams
to a Joint Special Operations Task Force. The various A Teams he
commanded specialized in Mountaineering, Underwater Operations, High
Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute techniques, and Small Atomic
Demolitions Munitions (SADM). In addition to the Army’s Command
and General Staff College and Army War College, he has attended
Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, Underwater Operations (UWO),
Danish Combat Swimmer, Special Forces Surface Swimmer Infiltration
Technique Course, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute school,
Small Atomic Demolitions Munitions (SADM) and others.
His short stories, articles, and poetry have
been published in Poets Forum, The Carolina Runner, Triathlon
Today, ByLine, Georgia Athlete, The Saturday Extra (magazine
section of the Fayetteville Observer), A Loving Voice Vol. I
and II, and Special Warfare (a professional military
journal published by the Special Warfare Center). Many of his short
stories have received honors in writing contests sponsored by ByLine
magazine. Other books by Tom include The
Life and Times of Rip Jackson, The
Patrol Order, and The
R-complex.
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